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Sony Ericsson W710i Walkman

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Features
Basic features for the W710i are similar to those of other handsets in the Walkman phone series. The phone book holds a hefty 1,000 contacts with room in each entry for five phone numbers, e-mail and Web addresses, a job title and company, work and home street addresses, a birth date, and notes. The SIM card holds an additional 250 contacts, and you can organize callers into groups. For caller ID, you can match contacts with one of just 14 (72-chord) polyphonic ring tones or assign them a photo or a video. Just remember that photos and videos do not show up on the external display.

Other essentials include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a task list, a notepad, a timer, a stopwatch, a calculator, and a voice memo recorder (space is limited by the available memory.) On the high-end side, the W710i comes with a speakerphone (usable after you make a call), PC syncing, full Bluetooth with a stereo profile, e-mail, a code memo for storing sensitive information, and USB cable support. Fitness applications include a pedometer for running and walking, a sports trivia game, and a fitness trainer for tracking your workouts. There's even a bizarre yet interesting application that will you calculate how long it would take you to walk to various world locations from your home city.

Of course music is the main attraction on the W710i. Its Walkman player is near identical to that on other Walkman phones (see the Sony Ericsson W810i for a full report), except that it doesn't offer Sony's Mega Bass. Also, as on previous models, you must use the included USB cable and the company's Disc2Phone software to load music onto the handset. Internal memory is capped at 10MB, so it's advised you use the included 512MB Memory Stick Micro card. You also get the FM radio that is near standard on Walkman phones and a Music ID application for identifying likeable tunes you can't name. There's also a quirky Music Mate application that shows the correct finger position for various guitar chords and piano chords while playing the notes. You can even use the phone as a metronome.


The W710i's camera doesn't have a flash.
The 2-megapixel camera shoots photos in three sizes (2-megapixel, 1-megapixel, and standard VGA). Other options include two quality settings, three color effects, a night mode, white balance and brightness adjustments, 12 fun frames, a 5X zoom, and four shutter sounds (there's no silent option). There's also a self-timer, a multishot mode, and an option for taking panoramic shots. The camcorder takes clips with sound and offers a set of editing options similar to the still camera. Clips meant for multimedia messages are capped at just over 1 minute, 30 seconds; otherwise you can shoot for as long as the memory permits. Picture and video quality were good, with acceptable colors and little blurriness, but we miss having a flash, and the camera interface wasn't as attractive as that on the W810i. Yet the W710i does come with PhotoDJ and VideoDJ applications.


We liked the W710i photo quality.
You can personalize the W810i with a variety of themes, wallpaper, and screensavers. As always, you can purchase more options and ring tones from Sony Ericsson via the WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser. Alternatively, the phone comes with a MusicDJ application for composing your own ring tones. Gamers can enjoy three Java (J2ME) titles, Alpha Wing 2, Tennis Multiplay and Treasure Towers, with additional titles available for purchase.

 
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